HAIL DOES DAMAGE TO NUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS IN LORI AND SHIRAK REGIONS
YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The hail fallen in the territory of the
Lori region at 3-4 a.m. on July 3 did great damage to the potato,
grain, and fruit-vegetable arable lands of the Tsaghkaber, Mets Parni,
Shirakamut, Geghasar, Shenavan, Sarahart, Gogaran, and Arevashogh
villages of the Spitak region and those of the Hogabardz, Kurtan,
Pushkino, Gargar, Vardablur, and Gyulagarak villages of the Stepanavan
region. The arable lands of the Karmir Aghek Village of the Tumanian
region suffered damages as a result of a strong wind. A commission has
been created in order to find out the size of the damage.
According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Rescue
Service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic
of Armenia, the hail that fell at night on July 2 did great damage to
the arable lands of the Hovuni, Araphi, Mayisian, Vahramaberd,
Marmashen, Keti, Phokrashen, Meghrashat, Gyullibulagh, Voghji, and
Hatsik villages of the Shirak region.